I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Much of the month of January has been a holiday for Detroit’s city council. The Detroit News reported that the council took another five-day break right after the annual holiday leave because of the inauguration. From Jan. 16-22 council members were off the hook for city work so they could attend the inauguration.
Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. went to the inauguration, too, and stayed in DC from Jan. 17-21.
Cockrel defended his five-day trip saying he will be lobbying for money from Obama’s stimulus package.
Didn’t Cockrel get Obama’s anti-lobbyist memo? Obama’s camp has said repeatedly that he won’t take money from lobbyists. Maybe it’s good thing Detroit doesn’t have any money to lobby with.
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